The Achievement of Thai Political Parties Administration : A Case of Pheu Thai Party

Abstract

This research titled “The Achievement of Thai Political Parties Administration: A Case Study of Pheu Thai Party” included the following objectives: 1) to study the relationship between external and internal factors of political parties and the achievement of Thai political parties administration; 2) to study the influence of external and internal factors of political parties on the achievement of Thai political parties administration; and 3) to propose an appropriate model of Thai political parties administration. The research was conducted by a combined qualitative and quantitative research methodology. The researchers gathered quantitative information from a sample of 400 members of Pheu Thai Party through questionnaires while the qualitative part was collected through structural interview from 8 executives of the political party and executive committee as key informants. The result of this research showed that the overall external factors of the political parties were at a high level and could be chronologically arranged from the highest to the lowest aspect as the followings: economic, social, political and legal aspects. The overall internal factors were at the highest level and could be chronologically arranged from the highest to the lowest aspect as the followings: personnel, regulation, budget and location aspects. The overall achievement of the administration of Thai political parties was at the highest level and could be chronologically arranged from the highest to the lowest aspect as the followings: political institution development; political structure development; characteristics development of party leaders and members; development of roles and importance of political parties; and development of political stability. The hypothesis testing found that the relationship between external social, economic, and political factors of the Phuea Thai Party and the achievement of Thai political parties administration was at a high level and the relationship between internal factors including personnel, budget, location and regulations of the Phuea Thai Party and the achievement of the administration of Thai political parties was at a high level. By the Multiple Regression Coefficient, it was found that the internal factors had their influences on the achievement of Thai political parties administration at 63.31% (r square = 6.331). However, the external factors had no influence on the achievement of the administration of Thai political parties.